CNIT 340 Exam 1 questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
If you wanted to add new features to Linux, would you be able to legally publish those changes?
a. Yes, because Linux is open source
b. Yes, because Linux is free software
c. No, because the original Linux is owned by someone else
d. No, because Linux is copyrighted
e. None of the above
- correct answer A
What is the best description for UNIX?
A. refers to a collection of related operating system.
B. is a operating system that handles only root actions.
C. is a AT&T phone operating system.
D. UNIX and Linux are the same operating system.
E. None of the Above
- correct answer A
There were many disputes over the legalities of UNIX, which included lawsuits that spanned throughout
its lifetime. What was the main reason why the UNIX intellectual property was so important to sue over.
A. People were greedy and wanted to keep the information for themselves.
B. Linux violated some of SCO's intellectual properties and it needed to be obtained.
C. The law required for UNIX/Linux to be claimed by a group for legalities to be in full affect
D. IBM needed the advantage on the SCO group with their undercover schemes so they had to make
claims on it.
E. None of the Above
- correct answer B
,How may a business benefit from adopting UNIX/Linux into their business?
a) Lower software and possibly hardware costs
b) Better service and support
c) More open source software
d) Both a and c
e) Both b and c
- correct answer D
How do you send the output of a program to the input of another:
A) Redirects
B) Grep
C) Pipe
D) Dircmp
- correct answer C
What prefix to a command allows a command to be run at the root level?
a)sudo
b)cat
c)man
d)ls
e)cd ..
- correct answer A
Why would someone want to use "-9" after a "kill" command?
a)They don't want to fully end the process.
b)They want to be able to go back to the process running if they mess up.
c)They want to definitely end the program with prejudice.
d)They want to execute kill with more privileges.
, e)None of the above.
- correct answer C
Which license does Linux use?
a) MIT
b) GNU
c) LAB
D) RTU
- correct answer B
When creating file system partitions, which of the following partitions must be included:
a. / and /usr
b. /var and swap
c. / and swap
d. /home and /var
e. None of the above
- correct answer C
A file "test.txt" is owned by the user "admin" and the group "finance". Currently, its permissions are set
to 750. By changing these instead to 070, who is losing what access? Note: The user, "Admin" is not in
the "finance" group
a) The "finance" group can no longer execute the file
b) The user, "Admin" lost read and write permissions
c) The "finance" group lost read, write, and execute permissions.
d) The user, "Admin" lost read, write, and execute permissions.
- correct answer D
The command for modifying file or directory ownership is the ________ command.
a) chgrp
b) chown
c) chmod
2026\2027 A+ Grade
If you wanted to add new features to Linux, would you be able to legally publish those changes?
a. Yes, because Linux is open source
b. Yes, because Linux is free software
c. No, because the original Linux is owned by someone else
d. No, because Linux is copyrighted
e. None of the above
- correct answer A
What is the best description for UNIX?
A. refers to a collection of related operating system.
B. is a operating system that handles only root actions.
C. is a AT&T phone operating system.
D. UNIX and Linux are the same operating system.
E. None of the Above
- correct answer A
There were many disputes over the legalities of UNIX, which included lawsuits that spanned throughout
its lifetime. What was the main reason why the UNIX intellectual property was so important to sue over.
A. People were greedy and wanted to keep the information for themselves.
B. Linux violated some of SCO's intellectual properties and it needed to be obtained.
C. The law required for UNIX/Linux to be claimed by a group for legalities to be in full affect
D. IBM needed the advantage on the SCO group with their undercover schemes so they had to make
claims on it.
E. None of the Above
- correct answer B
,How may a business benefit from adopting UNIX/Linux into their business?
a) Lower software and possibly hardware costs
b) Better service and support
c) More open source software
d) Both a and c
e) Both b and c
- correct answer D
How do you send the output of a program to the input of another:
A) Redirects
B) Grep
C) Pipe
D) Dircmp
- correct answer C
What prefix to a command allows a command to be run at the root level?
a)sudo
b)cat
c)man
d)ls
e)cd ..
- correct answer A
Why would someone want to use "-9" after a "kill" command?
a)They don't want to fully end the process.
b)They want to be able to go back to the process running if they mess up.
c)They want to definitely end the program with prejudice.
d)They want to execute kill with more privileges.
, e)None of the above.
- correct answer C
Which license does Linux use?
a) MIT
b) GNU
c) LAB
D) RTU
- correct answer B
When creating file system partitions, which of the following partitions must be included:
a. / and /usr
b. /var and swap
c. / and swap
d. /home and /var
e. None of the above
- correct answer C
A file "test.txt" is owned by the user "admin" and the group "finance". Currently, its permissions are set
to 750. By changing these instead to 070, who is losing what access? Note: The user, "Admin" is not in
the "finance" group
a) The "finance" group can no longer execute the file
b) The user, "Admin" lost read and write permissions
c) The "finance" group lost read, write, and execute permissions.
d) The user, "Admin" lost read, write, and execute permissions.
- correct answer D
The command for modifying file or directory ownership is the ________ command.
a) chgrp
b) chown
c) chmod
